Clockwork Orange

Title of a book and a film: the book, entitled A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1973, starring Malcolm McDowell as its anti-hero Alex. (It would appear, from one of Burgess' later novels, The Clockwork testament, that Burgess himself may not have been too pleased by the adaptation that made it to the screen)

The film caused some controversy at the time in Britain for its violence, with the press blaming an attack on a homeless person on the influence of the film: the outcry annoyed Kubrick so much that he personally withdrew the film from distribution in the United Kingdom. As a result, the film could not be seen in Britain for some 27 years, until after Kubrick's death.